Health care utilisation amongst Shenzhen migrant workers: Does being insured make a difference?

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mou, Jin ^a,b   Cheng, Jinquan ^a   Zhang, Dan ^c   Jiang, Hanping ^c   Lin, Liangqiang ^a   Griffiths, Sian M ^b  

^a SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Shenzhen Health Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GENITAL TRACT INFLAMMATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCOME; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; PATIENT CARE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SELF REPORT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; MIGRATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72849121193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-214     Document Type: Article

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